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Experts say India’s net zero target much more ambitious than that of China or EU 2 last London
Date: 2021-11-02 15:02:18 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:62 - ID:9249780
More than India’s net zero pledge, though it carries diplomatic relevance, it is the other announcements that will drive real change in the coming years, said Navroz Dubash, a professor at the public policy think-tank Centre for Policy ....
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European Commission head praises Emissions Trading System
Date: 2021-11-02 15:00:23 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:60 - ID:9249692
GLASGOW, Nov 2 (MENA) - President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said an Emissions Trading System that was introduced in 2005 has helped decouple growth from greenhouse gas emissions. We put an Emissions Trading System on ....
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Experts say India’s net zero target much more ambitious than that of China or EU
Date: 2021-11-02 14:17:43 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:56 - ID:9249690
LONDON, Nov 2 (MENA) - Experts said India’s net zero target is arguably much more ambitious than that of China or the European Union, despite coming a decade or two later. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s surprise announcement of a 2070 ....
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Cypriot president: World needs to enhance efforts to address climate change
Date: 2021-11-02 13:56:20 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:53 - ID:9249602
GLSAGOW, Nov 2 (MENA) - Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades has set out his government’s action plan to tackle climate change during the plenary of the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow, Cyprus News Agency reported on Tuesday. In his National ....
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4.0-magnitude tremor recorded off Crete
Date: 2021-11-02 12:00:02 GMT - Greece - World - SN:39 - ID:9249365
ATHENS, Nov 2 (MENA) - A new earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale was recorded off the southeastern coast of Crete on Tuesday morning, Kathimerini newspaper reported. The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the quake struck at 11.17 a.m. ....
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Greek PM: Citizens should not be burdened with green transition’s costs
Date: 2021-11-02 11:39:18 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:38 - ID:9249249
GLASGOW, NOV 2 (MENA) - Citizens should not be burdened by the costs of the European Union’s transition to green energy, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis pointed out to Bloomberg news agency on Monday. Greece has already taken measures worth ....
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UN Security Council to hold meetings on Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria
Date: 2021-11-02 11:32:49 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:37 - ID:9249082
NEW YORK, Nov 2 (MENA) - The UN Security Council will hold meetings this month on Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, and the situation in the Middle East in general, Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations Juan Ramon de la Fuente Ramirez ....
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Russia’s daily Covid death toll hits record high
Date: 2021-11-02 11:24:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:36 - ID:9249217
MOSCOW, Nov 2 (MENA) - Russia's daily Covid-19 death toll rose to a record high of 1,178 amid a surge that has forced officials to re-impose a partial lockdown nationwide, Ria Novosti reported. The government coronavirus task force also reported ....
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Indonesian president says his country commited to supporting Palestine
Date: 2021-11-02 09:54:16 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:23 - ID:9249013
GLASGOW, Nov 2 (MENA) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) reaffirmed Indonesia's commitment to supporting the Palestinian struggle to establish an independent, fully sovereign, and self-determined state, with East Jerusalem as its capital, ....
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Japan PM Kishida to push for Asia-wide zero emission efforts in COP26
Date: 2021-11-02 09:38:03 GMT - Japan - World - SN:21 - ID:9248993
TOKYO, Nov 2 (MENA) - Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to pledge that Japan will play a leading role in putting Asia on a path to zero carbon emissions as he attends a U.N. climate summit in Britain on Tuesday, while seeking to network with ....
